“Neither the armed opposition nor the regime is capable of defeating the other side,” Jamil confirmed, saying that there was no expectation that either side was going to be able to get out of the stalemate for quite some time.

Jamil also said his government was supportive of the idea of UN ceasefire monitors being deployed to Syria to keep the rebels and military from fighting, so long as the troops were from “neutral or friendly countries.”

Incredibly, Jamil also confirmed that “for all practical purposes the regime in its previous form has ended,” and that the government is resigned to dramatic reforms and thinks it would be easier if the West would stop threatening them.

The Geneva II conference, agreed to by US and Russian officials and to be organized with the help of UN official Lakhdar Brahimi, was supposed to take place in June, then got bumped back to July.

Here we are in mid-September, and there’s still been no agreement on a date for the conference, though officials have expressed hope that it will be revived with the disarmament deal. A big problem is that none of the major rebel factions has agreed to take part yet, and there are such broad differences among secular and jihadist factions it’s hard to imagine them being able to provide a unified negotiation position to talk with the government.

Author: Jason Ditz

WARNING…That will giVe the DC Warmongers time to re-group and PRESS FOR AN AMERIKAN ATTACK–BETCHA 10 HEROIN INFESTED DOLLAR$

jtt

Winner's take all, there is no other way out of this mess created by the Saudi's and the west, there is just too much Jihadist rebel fighters on the ground for a ceasefire agreement.

David 4 Peace

The "rebels" and their Saudi, US, French and other backers don't want peace. But they may have to accept it anyway. Encourage letting everyone know how you feel about peace in Syria. This could be a turning point, as Paul and Buchanan and others are writing on this site.

ATM

The rebels do not have a unifying ideology or direction. How can they negotiate? They cannot negotiate within there own factions. If they somehow kick Assad out they will end up fighting each other. As Kerry said the rebels are less than 0.3 percent of population. They must not be that popular. They have not presented any evidence that the people like them better than Assad.

Amir

Indeed, President Assad (not to be mistaken with his father, President Assad) received 97% of the vote when he was "elected". The Assad Family has been winning "elections" since 1971.

Jack london

The fucking shah of Iran never go pt the people votes but he was the king for 40 years.

There's also the interesting problem of providing seats at the negotiating table for the leading opposition forces — self-proclaimed Al Qaeda affiliates including (but not limited to) Al Nusra, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. What an embarrassment for "the West" to have to recognize that the leading armed forces seeking "regime change" in Syria are in fact the world's most despised terrorist groups — and are largely not "Syrian rebels," because they are not Syrians.

Jack London

There needs to be a dialogue between the opposition and the Syrian government, otherwise Saudis jihadist and barbarians going to continue with their kind of war in entire Middle East which started by George W. Bush and continued with Obama, Hillary Clinton and their kind of friends.

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according to this link, Deputy PM denies The Guardian report and says his words are "distorted"